Wednesday, June 02, 2010

Beautiful Day

Tues, Jun 1, 2010

CL 15minCL 5min

It's been a lovely day. Memo on my transfer was officially out yesterday, and I moved to my new office today.

I had lunch (yes, I ate) alone at coffee bean - well, I wasn't actually alone since I brought my book along...After lunch, I took my coffee out to sit at the designated cancer zone and had my nicotine fix while I read and drank coffee. I was in my usual ultra long black skirt with an ultra black halter top, and my black boot (I can only sit cross-legged) was totally getting in the way of super annoying passersby who got too close. Everyone turned to stare. I sat back comfortably and stared back. So, nothing much has changed really.

I had 3 really interesting visitors later in the day. One of my staff from my previous division brought me desert and we chatted for over half an hour. When she had to return to her office, I walked her back. It was then that I realized I must really like her (I only walk people I REALLY like)!

Visitor number 2 popped by in the late afternoon: a very intriguing character...

But that's story for another day....

cuz I really want to talk about visitor number 3:

FIRE ANTS!!!!!

That wasn't the finale though.

Later in the evening, as I was going around inspecting the office, I noticed some shimmery yellow powder behind one of our huge cabinets... and a sign that read "POISON".

My colleague who shares the office will have lots of explaining to do when he returns from his course tomorrow.

Crude oil - absolute darling today. I went long and it went up (no, I won't cry over the 2k that I didn' take); I short it and it plunged.

About Me

I day trade primarily crude oil futures (Nymex: CL), usually during London open, and, occasionally, during US after-hours. My trading style is predominantly discretionary. I don't rely on indicators - they are there merely to make my charts look less naked. Over the years, I have developed my way of following CL's price movement across the Asian, European and US sessions, and my trades are frequently based on pure gut feel of the direction market is heading in the 1 to 8 hours that follow. Candlestick patterns are observed only at price extremes and usually only after at least 3 hours into London open. I respect pivot levels.